Can I Safely Discharge a Patient with a Substance Use Disorder Home with a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter?

Appa, Ayesha; Barocas, Joshua A · NEJM Evid · 2022

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Abstract

Discharging Patients Who Use Drugs Home with PICCAmid the U.S. overdose crisis, serious injection-related infections are rising. Determining where a patient goes after hospitalization can be a challenge due to the need for prolonged parenteral antibiotics, prompting a common clinical question: Can I safely discharge a patient with a substance use disorder home with a peripherally inserted central catheter?

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